Claire Messud is a best-selling author whose new novel is The Burning Girl. She sits down with Isaac Chotiner to discuss how Elena Ferrante opened up more space for writing about women, the ways in which New York City has changed since she wrote The Emperor’s Children, and what it’s like to be married to a literary critic.
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